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Today's Opinions

  • Chuck Campbell leaves legacy with his students

    Years after students have cleared out of their high schools and life has taken them in various directions, reflecting on the people who impacted their lives is natural.

    For students who found their way into band, Chuck Campbell touched many lives in Hardin and Clark counties.

    The former band director at North Hardin High School, East Hardin High School and George Rogers Clark High School died July 30 in Nashville after a battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 70.

    Campbell’s love for music and people won’t be forgotten.

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  • Looking for personal magic thanks to a movie moment

    It’s been quite a summer for movies: I was hijacked to Bangkok by "Hangover II," thankful for the bad bosses I haven’t had in "Horrible Bosses," reminded that women can be just as flat-out stupid-crazy as men in "Bridesmaids" and glad I’m not anyone but me in "The Changeup."

    But my favorite film of the summer is one that catapulted me back in time to another era, a golden age. 

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  • Aug. 8, 2011: Our readers write

    Kentucky has a problem

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  • Shared experiences define us

    We all are a product of experiences. I was reminded of that this week on Facebook.

    Message after message have been posted describing kindly school janitors, inspiring teachers, shopping experiences and cruising parking lots as teenagers. The sharing continues today as folks fondly recall bygone days.

    Between Tuesday night and the completion of this column Saturday afternoon, 8,340 posts have been filed under a heading called “You’re so Hardin County if...”

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  • Can it hurt to talk about something new?

    The issue: Unification proposal
    Our view: Full participation is ideal

    No one’s ever been injured by an idea.

    At this point, the concept of unified government in Hardin County is nothing more than an idea.

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  • Support the Safer 65 construction concept

    The issue: Improvements to Interstate 65
    Our view:     Continue to push the idea

    At the state’s current pace, Interstate 65 will be under construction for another 15 to 20 years at an estimated cost of $587 million.
     

    That’s a frustrating and unnecessarily expensive process.

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  • Aug. 4 2011: Our readers write

    Don’t move
    the boundary
    I was glad to see a man stand up against the Y.E.S. alcohol expansion initiative. I don’t know Will Stolz personally, and Wednesday this week is the first time I’ve seen his name, but I applaud his efforts to urge Hardin County residents and specifically those who call themselves Christians to vote against Y.E.S. I am against Y.E.S. because it coolly suggests anything that brings economic success to Hardin County is worthy of a yes vote.

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  • Postal Service changes are understandable, not welcomed

    The inscription found on the General Post Office in New York City at 8th Avenue and 33rd Street is “Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds” commonly misidentified as the mail carriers’ creed, describes our faith in the  United States Postal Service.
    But necessary budget cuts may impede from where letters and parcels can be mailed.

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